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Tom Keegan

Opinion: Wiggins may share something with Wilt, Danny
By Tom Keegan
May 15, 2013
Monte Johnson, who played with Kansas University legend Wilt Chamberlain and was athletic director during the Danny Manning era, is looking forward to watching the next great Jayhawk, Andrew Wiggins. Column by Tom Keegan
Opinion: K-State’s Snyder coaches life, then football
By Tom Keegan
May 12, 2013
In giving the keynote address Wednesday at the 20th Annual Sunflower Chapter of the National Football Foundation’s Scholar-Athlete Banquet, Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder revealed a glimpse into what has enabled him to execute two amazing resurrections of a football team. Column by Tom Keegan
Opinion: Coach, catcher keys for KU baseball in 1993
By Tom Keegan
May 11, 2013
It took a catcher with skin thicker than his coach’s nose was hard for the Kansas University baseball team to go to a place where it never had been and hasn’t gone since. By Tom Keegan
Opinion: Fantastic fielding keeps KU baseball in Big 12 hunt
By Tom Keegan
May 10, 2013
The toughest players to impress with good glove work are slick fielders themselves. The Kansas University baseball team has an abundance of those, and even they drop a jaw at some of the web gems created by teammates. Column by Tom Keegan
Opinion: McLemore case exposes the seedy underworld of college basketball
By Tom Keegan
May 6, 2013
Think of the college basketball we watch on television as the most beautiful stretch of landscape you ever have seen. But under that beautiful slice of earth lies the foul underworld of college basketball that involves the pursuit of top NBA prospects by disreputable agents who pay recruiters. Think of that underworld as the tunnel that carries away raw sewage. Thanks to a USA Today report over the weekend that detailed accusations made by Kansas star Ben McLemore’s AAU coach, Darius Cobb, we all have had a window to the underworld opened for us. By Tom Keegan
Opinion: Picking an agent can be perilous for NBA prospects
By Tom Keegan
May 5, 2013
Earth to NBA prospects: Read Eric Prisbell’s outstanding reporting job for USA Today on the shoving match to get to the front of the line to start milking cash cow Ben McLemore, projected to be among the first few picks in the NBA Draft. Column by Tom Keegan
Opinion: Local lefties thriving at next level
By Tom Keegan
May 4, 2013
Three left-handers — Garrett Cleavinger, Cody Kukuk and Albert Minnis —who pitched for high schools in Lawrence are not just surviving, they’re thriving in the early steps on a road they hope leads to their shared dream of a major-league career. Column by Tom Keegan
Opinion: Baker grad looks good in ’stripes
By Tom Keegan
April 30, 2013
Former Baker University pitcher Vidal Nuno made his major-league debut on Monday night. By Tom Keegan
Opinion: Note to Self: Hire Mitchell Wiggins
By Tom Keegan
April 29, 2013
I have no idea whether former NBA guard Mitchell Wiggins has any coaching experience, but I sure would ask him if he has any interest in trying out the profession if I were one of the four schools recruiting his son, Andrew Wiggins. By Tom Keegan
Opinion: Lawrence attorney motivated for GoRuck Challenge
By Tom Keegan
April 26, 2013
It’s called a GoRuck Challenge and it’s as close to military special-operations training as a civilian can experience. By Tom Keegan
Opinion: Firebirds’ McCullough builds on his case for ace
By Tom Keegan
April 25, 2013
A year-and-change ago baseball had lost its importance to Free State High senior right-hander Dane McCullough when his world was rocked. Now his passion for baseball is back, burning brighter than ever. Column by Tom Keegan
Opinion: Speedy KU LB Heeney making up for time spent standing still
By Tom Keegan
April 24, 2013
Watching Ben Heeney play football is a bit like viewing a high-speed demolition derby. He has no problem sacrificing his body, throwing it into harm’s way at a very high speed. In fact, he appears to enjoy it quite a bit. Just don’t tell him to stand still and watch. Column by Tom Keegan
Opinion: Preps weather ‘crazy’ weather
By Tom Keegan
April 23, 2013
Parents of high school athletes: Just realize it’s nice of you to show up to watch your breath and some baseball or softball or soccer. Over and over and over. By Tom Keegan
Opinion: Guessing game — Nobody knows where prep phenom Andrew Wiggins will spend his one year in college
By Tom Keegan
11:46 p.m., April 21, 2013 Updated 04:49 p.m.
A voice of reason rises above the discordant sounds of self-annointed expertise regarding the recruitment of an 18-year-old basketball player. And that wise voice belongs to the teenager himself. By Tom Keegan
Opinion: Olympian’s pursuit of track sponsorships a race worth running
By Tom Keegan
April 21, 2013
Nick Symmonds, a two-time Olympian and participant in this year’s Kansas Relays mile event, is determined to see the abolishment of the rules that forbid track athletes from using their uniforms and/or bodies to advertise products. Column by Tom Keegan

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